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ArticleChemical science2018

Polarisation effects on the solvation properties of alcohols.

Stefan Henkel, Maria Cristina Misuraca, Pavle Troselj, Jonathan Davidson, Christopher A Hunter

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Article in Chemical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 authors.

Stefan HenkelDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK . Email: herchelsmith.orgchem@ch.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-3362-8825
Maria Cristina MisuracaDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK . Email: herchelsmith.orgchem@ch.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7024-4535
Pavle TroseljDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK . Email: herchelsmith.orgchem@ch.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8691-0571
Jonathan DavidsonDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK . Email: herchelsmith.orgchem@ch.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9242-3606
Christopher A HunterDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK . Email: herchelsmith.orgchem@ch.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5182-1859

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol solvents are significantly more polar than expected based on the measured H-bonding properties of monomeric alcohols in dilute solution. Self-association of alcohols leads to formation of cyclic aggregates and linear polymeric chains that have a different polarity from the alcohol monomer. Cyclic aggregates are less polar than the monomer, and the chain ends of linear polymers are more polar. The solvation properties of alcohols therefore depend on the interplay of these self-association equilibria and the equilibria involving interactions with solutes. Twenty-one different molecular recognition probes of varying polarity were used to probe the solvation properties of alkane-alcohol mixtures across a wide range of different solvent compositions. The results allow dissection of the complex equilibria present in these systems. Formation of a H-bond between two alcohol molecules leads to polarisation of the hydroxyl groups, resulting in an increase in binding affinity for subsequent interactions with the unbound donor and acceptor sites. The H-bond donor parameter (

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